Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: lizzog on May 19, 2017, 06:04:51 PM
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Well this is a fun way to spend Friday night. Had a dodgy tummy for around a week now- not really horrendous but just a bit off. My restless legs have been really bad and I'm not sleeping so I think my hormones are playing up! Just been to the loo and felt a bump next to my anus which seems to have sprung up out of nowhere! Dr Google says hemorhoids - advice anyone? Whats the best way of getting relief?!
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Ice pack (or frozen peas wrapped in a towel). Does it itch? If so don't rub it :( Does it hurt or bleed?
There are several over the counter preparations you can buy but the ones with hydrocortisone in need a prescription.
Have a word with the pharmacist at your local Boots or Lloyds or whichever chemist you have.
Try not to get constipated as the straining and hard stool will aggravate it. That could have cause it to arrive in the first place.
I have had them internally and externally for 37 years and they are manageable on the whole.
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Thanks will try and get to the chemist tomorrow. What causes them? Do they come and go? I think the last time I had them was when I spent a long time sat down revising for exams!! Which was a while ago....
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Yes they can come or go. They are just a swollen vein but by God can they hurt...oh and bleed too so don't be shocked if that happens.
BabyJane has suggested frozen peas...yes that great but a bit unweildy. What you can do is take a rubber glove and cut the fingers off. Fill each finger with water and freeze. They hit the spot easier if you get my drift. There was a topic years ago on the forum with some great suggestions and a few good laughs too.
Lots of old jokes.....I've got no money but my mother has piles .... ;D
It's important to get your feet up if you can. That really takes the swelling down and the creams that BJ has suggested are really good.
Mrs Brown
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Who me Sparkle
:whist: :whist: :whist:
Mrs Brown
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http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/askville/435748_62081916_mywrite/hemorrhoidremoval.jpg
Sorry couldn't resist although I do know how painful they are.
If you cant laugh though
Hope no one is offended
Mrs Brown
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Thanks everyone ;D
Cheered me up if nothing else!
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Love to see you try to do it yourself Sparkle .. ;D ;D :o
Mrs Brown
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And another
Beware
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/medical-toothpaste-hemorrhoid-haemorrhoid-cream-toothbrush-dre2199_low.jpg
Sorry, I will stop now.
Mrs Brown
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Eee that picture haha.
You can get supppoisories to pop up if you get my drift to help them xx
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I've got visions of someone bending over with a HRT patch on there bum saying aim fire 😂Xx
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Yep that would be me a few weeks ago, could not get the silly thing to stick I spent most my time searching the house for the stupid thing xxx
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http://lowres.cartoonstock.com/health-beauty-preparation_h-hemorrhoids-haemorrhoid-zit_zap-mix_ups-cmo0009_low.jpg
Couldn't resist
Mrs Brown
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;D
the haemorrhoids are far from funny though. Hope you find something to help lizzog.
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The creams that you get from the GP usually work the best although I found Anusol Suppositories very good.
I've suffered off and on for years, in fact since I had my son and he is 28 now.
As BJ says they really are no fun.
Mrs Brown
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Mine were cause by pushing 'wrong' when my eldest was born - 37 years and counting, and aggravated by the most severe constipation you could imagine before my hypothyroidism was diagnosed 30 years ago (at diagnosis my TSH was 52!!!!!)
I used to like Proctosedyl cream and suppositories but it is now called Uniroid, same stuff though. Mine improved when I no longer spent my working day on my feet.
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There is a little device that you can buy from Amazon I think that you put in the freezer. It really shrinks them a lot. My mother found it very helpful.
Funny that IBS (D) can also cause them. I always thought it would be down to constipation but I'm living proof that it's not ::)
Mrs Brown
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I also heard that Diarrhoea can also aggravate them, as can stress
Did anyone else see the funny explanation of how to spell diarrhoea on TV a while back, think it was on GP behind closed doors :)
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Nope.....why do you think it was (D) ;D ;D
Mrs Brown
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why do I think what was what (brain fart day today ::))
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I put the D in brackets as I can't spell diahorrea .....ooo auto correct did it for me ;D ;D
Mrs Brown
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nope, autocorrect wrong ;)
d-i-a- run, run, hurry or exploding a**e :whist:
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Brain fart hahahaha xx
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I had them when I was in my 20s bled really badly, cant remember what they were treated with but have never bothered me again, except that I had 2 little ones that are external, but when I had my sigmoidoscopy recently the Dr said oh those are skin tags, so we learn!
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Hi,
I get awful haemorrhoids, I've had treatment and all the meds the doctor can prescribe, the suppositories are goo but I also use neat witch hazel, just soak a cotton wool pad and hold it on for a bit. It takes itching and soreness down and is very soothing. Don't get the gel, just the clear stuff in a bottle that looks like water.
Shellb
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I had this problem in the winter - never get constipated, but do get diarrhoea sometimes, and mine started after that. I got some over the counter cream which eased it a little bit, but wasn't till I got some other cream and suppositories on prescription that it really went. (I thought I had better get mine checked out as all the advice online mentioned long periods of sitting, being overweight constipated or straining as being causes, none of which applied to me. None of the advice mentioned the runs or standing for ages as causing it. But I was glad I went to the GP anyway as the prescription stuff sorted it so much faster)